NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Virgo/Libra mo.

5 Parisian parent

9 Give an epidural, e.g.

13 Walk in wooden shoes, say

15 La Salle of “ER”

16 Cornell of Cornell University 17 Wayne Gretzky, for about half of his playing career

18 Iowa birthplace of Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren

20 Start of a punny quip about two professionals

22 Word on a candy heart 23 Vintner’s vessel

24 “Them” author Joyce Carol ___ 28 Quip, part 2

33 Luxury hotel amenity

35 Month after juillet

36 Stars and Bars org.

37 Vogue competitor

38 Quip, part 3

40 Bit of burlesque

41 Shelter accommodation 42 La Española, for one 43 Olympic blades

44 Quip, part 4

48 Comic Silverman

49 Floater in a flume

50 TV sked letters

53 End of the quip

58 Tailwind for eastbound flights 61 Almost any “Li’l Abner” character 62 James with a posthumous Pulitzer 63 Kosovo native

64 Month after diciembre 65 Beethoven’s German birthplace 66 “I’ve got this one” 67 Formerly, in old times

DOWN

1 Look that says “I’m not happy” 2 Yale of Yale University 3 One with a high bar to reach 4 Counterfeiter-catching Feds 5 Euro forerunner in Spain 6 Burnett of CNN

7 “You’re a regular ___!” (Kramden cry)

8 Prefix with angular or lateral 9 Drink with ambrosia 10 Six-Day War weapon 11 Mohawk sporter on “The A-Team” 12 Horse with a reddish-brown body 14 Russian newspaper founded in 1912

19 Crosses off 21 Hydroelectric project 25 Ballpark gate employee 26 Davis of “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”

27 Ballpark figures?

29 U-turn from SSW

30 Bother persistently

31 Note in a kitty, perhaps

32 Stick that’s chalked

33 Sunni and Shia, for two 34 Pacific greeting

38 The Sun Devils’ sch. 39 “Kidnapped” monogram 40 Three-dimensional fig. 42 Comment made while sweating

43 Pre-Easter purchase 45 Chinese revolutionary Sun ___ 46 Served à la cherries jubilee 47 Particle with a + or – 51 Stands at funerals

52 Parcel out

54 Words of approximation 55 Many a first-time voter 56 “First, do no ___”

57 Poor dog’s portion, in rhyme 58 The “one” in a one-two

59 What a rejection may crush 60 Billiard ball with a blue stripe